Well, the textbooks usually say (IIRC) that X corresponds to /gz/ only where it precedes the stressed vowel (and the word is not stress-initial), for example in "exist".
I think that my pronounciation generally follows that rule, although it's not unusual these days to hear /gz/ after the stressed vowel, for example in "exit".
Well, the textbooks usually say (IIRC) that X corresponds to /gz/ only where it precedes the stressed vowel (and the word is not stress-initial), for example in "exist".
ReplyDeleteI think that my pronounciation generally follows that rule, although it's not unusual these days to hear /gz/ after the stressed vowel, for example in "exit".